Doctors and government again without consent

Joana Bordalo e Sa from the National Federation of Doctors stressed that doctors “don’t want to live off supplements.” “What doctors want – and this is the most important thing – is for us to restore the 35-hour week. There was nothing new about it,” he said. Health Minister Manuel Pizarro said that “doctors and the Portuguese are well aware of the scale of what we are proposing,” stressing that “the meeting was indeed very positive in terms of the progress that could be made.”

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250 hours

The proposal “retains 250 hours of overtime per year at full commitment, beyond what is required by law,” FNAM warns.

€7300 top

Under the new full commitment regime proposed by the Ministry of Health, a doctor at the peak of his career can earn €7,300 gross.

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The government has extended the full commitment regime to public health doctors, but with increased activity and additional work.